Listen to David Weigel interview the congressman who, in 2007, became the first House majority whip from South Carolina.

In this week's episode, Slate political reporter David Weigel speaks with Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.). In May, Clyburn published a memoir, Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black. He talks about how America has changed since the days of Jim Crow and weighs in on the Supreme Court's recent Voting Rights Act decision.